Egypt defended their 2006 African Cup of Nations championship successfully today in a 1-0 victory over Cameroon, giving the Pharaohs a record 6th continental title.
It was a rematch of the opening game in Group C, a 4-2 Egyptian victory. Mohamed Zidan scored twice in that game for the winners and his success against Cameroon continued […]
Tags: African Cup of Nations · Cameroon · Egypt · Ghana · Ivory Coast · Sulley Muntari
The quarterfinal round of the 2008 African Cup of Nations opened in style today as Ghana snatched a 2-1 victory over their fierce West African rivals, Nigeria, through an 83rd minute goal from former MLS star Junior Agogo. Portsmouth midfielder Sulley Muntari threaded a low, left-footed shot/cross across the six-yard box to leave the easiest […]
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Chelsea stalwart Michael Essien scored once and set up Portsmouth midfielder Sulley Muntari for Ghana’s second goal and that was all The Black Stars needed to see off Morocco yesterday and win Group A, likely avoiding Ivory Coast in the quarterfinals by doing so. The 2-0 scoreline was even a bit misleading as Ghana really […]
Tags: Ghana · John Paintsil · Michael Essien · Morocco · Namibia · Sulley Muntari
I’ll tell you what, this year’s edition of the African Cup of Nations is getting better and better. The quality of some of the goals scored has been absolutely fantastic and yesterday we saw more of the same.
The 2010 World Cup hosts, South Africa, earned a point out of nothing against Angola as substitute Elrio […]
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As I said before in my previous post about the 2008 African Cup of Nations, I’m very disappointed that I’m not going to be able to watch the games on TV. I’m going to try and do my best to keep with this tournament as best I can, but that’s not nearly the same as actually […]
Tags: African Cup of Nations · Ghana · Guinea · Sulley Muntari
I have to tell you all how unbelievably disappointed I am that this year’s 26th edition of the African Cup of Nations, set to kick off in Ghana on January 20, isn’t being televised on any major station here in the US (at least as far as I know, but feel free to correct me […]
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